Stockport Plaza will be screening Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict (Beatrice and Benedict) live from the Glyndebourne Festival on Tuesday, August 9.
From Elizabeth and Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, to Hermione and Ron in the Harry Potter series, the age-old premise of verbal sparring to mask true feelings of love or passion is employed to magnificent effect in Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict.
Berlioz selected the sunniest and funniest elements of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and set them to ravishing music to create this witty love-hate duel.
The opera’s overture explodes with a buoyant sense of fun and elegant wit and there are several splendid numbers for the female characters, especially the sublime Act I duet-nocturne, described by one critic as a ‘marvel of indescribable lyrical beauty’.
Conducted by Robin Ticciati and seen through the unique vision of director Laurent Pelly, Berlioz’s comic gem makes its long-awaited Glyndebourne premiere with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Glyndebourne Chorus.
The opera is sung in French with English subtitles.
Tickets for the Glyndebourne live screening of Béatrice et Bénédict at 6.30pm at The Plaza on Mersey Square in Stockport can be booked in person at The Plaza box office, by calling our booking line on 0161 477 7779 or by visiting The Plaza website.
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